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System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices

Table of Contents

About This Book

  • Who Should Use This Book
  • How to Use This Book
  • Highlighting
  • ISO 9000
  • Related Publications
  • Trademarks

    • Chapter 1. Starting and Stopping the System

  • Booting an Uninstalled System
  • Rebooting a Running System
  • Booting from Hard Disk for Maintenance
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Booting a System That Crashed
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Accessing a System That Will Not Boot
  • Rebooting a System With Planar Graphics
  • Diagnosing Boot Problems
  • Creating Boot Images
  • Prerequisites
  • Creating a Boot Image on a Boot Logical Volume
  • Creating a Boot Image for a Network Device
  • Identifying System Run Levels
  • Identifying the Current Run Level
  • Displaying a History of Previous Run Levels
  • Changing System Run Levels
  • Changing Run Levels on Multiuser Systems
  • Changing Run Levels on Single-User Systems
  • Changing the /etc/inittab File
  • Adding Records - mkitab Command
  • Changing Records - chitab Command
  • Listing Records - lsitab Command
  • Removing Records
  • Stopping the System
  • Shutting Down the System without Rebooting
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Shutting Down the System to Single-User Mode
  • Shutting Down the System in an Emergency
  • Reactivating an Inactive System
  • Checking the Hardware
  • Checking the Power
  • Checking the Operator Panel Display
  • Activating Your Display or Terminal
  • Checking the Processes
  • Restarting Line Scrolling
  • Using the Ctrl-D Key Sequence
  • Using the Ctrl-C Key Sequence
  • Logging In from a Remote Terminal or Host
  • Ending Stalled Processes Remotely
  • Restarting the System
  • Checking the Position of the Mode Switch, if Available
  • Checking the State of the Boot Device
  • Loading the Operating System
  • System Hang Management
  • shconf Script
  • SMIT Interface
  • System Hang Detection Status
  • Change / Show Current Configuration for Priority Problem Detection

    • Chapter 2. Security

  • Setting Up and Maintaining System Security
  • Setting Up Security at Installation
  • Periodic Tasks for Maintaining System Security
  • Security Tasks for Adding Users
  • Security Tasks for Removing Users
  • Trusted Computing Base
  • Checking the Trusted Computing Base
  • Using the tcbck Command
  • Checking Trusted Files
  • Checking the File System
  • Adding a Trusted Program
  • Deleting a Trusted Program
  • Configuring the tcbck Program
  • Restricting Access to a Terminal
  • Using the Trusted Communication Path
  • Configuring the Secure Attention Key
  • Managing Protected Resources with Access Control
  • Using setuid and setgid Programs
  • Administrative Access Rights
  • Setting Up Auditing
  • Procedure
  • Selecting Audit Events
  • Selecting Audit Classes
  • Selecting an Audit Data Collection Method
  • PKCS #11 Overview
  • IBM 4758 Model 2 Cryptographic Coprocessor
  • Verifying the IBM 4758 Model 2 Cryptographic Coprocessor for use with the PKCS #11 subsystem
  • PKCS #11 Usage
  • PKCS #11 Subsystem Configuration
  • Initializing the Token
  • Setting the Security Officer PIN
  • Initializing the User PIN
  • Resetting the User PIN
  • Setting the PKCS #11 Function Control Vector
  • Administering Loadable Authentication Modules
  • Managing Loadable Authentication Modules
  • Simple Load Modules
  • Compound Load Modules
  • Security
  • User and Group Management
  • Creating User and Group Accounts
  • Viewing User and Group Account Definitions
  • Managing User and Group Accounts
  • Removing User and Group Accounts
  • Related Information

    • Chapter 3. Administrative Roles

  • Setting Up and Maintaining Roles
  • CE Login
  • Working with Authorizations
  • Command to Authorization List
  • Managing Backup and Restore Roles
  • Setting Up Backup and Restore

    • Chapter 4. Users and Groups

  • Setting Up the Disk Quota System
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure

    • Chapter 5. Logical Volumes

  • Managing Logical Volume Storage
  • Reducing the File System Size in the rootvg Volume Group
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Configuring a Disk
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Method 0
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Replacing a Disk When the Volume Group Consists of One Disk
  • Making an Available Disk a Physical Volume
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Migrating the Contents of a Physical Volume
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Importing or Exporting a Volume Group
  • Prerequisites
  • Changing a Volume Group to Nonquorum Status
  • Prerequisites
  • Changing User-Defined Volume Groups to Nonquorum Status
  • Changing the rootvg Volume Group to Nonquorum Status
  • Creating a File System Log on a Dedicated Disk for a User-Defined Volume Group
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Changing the Name of a Logical Volume
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Removing a Logical Volume
  • Prerequisites
  • Remove a Logical Volume Using smit rmfs
  • Remove a Logical Volume Using smit rmlv
  • Defining a Raw Logical Volume for an Application
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Recovering from Disk Drive Problems
  • Prerequisites
  • Recovering a Disk Drive without Reformatting
  • Recovering Using a Reformatted or Replacement Disk Drive
  • Before Removing the Failed Drive
  • After Reformatting a Drive
  • After Adding a Reformatted or Replacement Disk Drive
  • Example of Recovery from a Failed Disk Drive
  • Synchronizing the Device Configuration Database
  • Procedure
  • Using Removable Disk Management
  • Removing a Disk with Data Using the Hot Removability Feature
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Removing a Disk without Data Using the Hot Removability Feature
  • Adding a Disk Using the Hot Removability Feature
  • Recovering from Disk Failure Using the Hot Removability Feature
  • Procedure

    • Chapter 6. File Systems

  • Managing File Systems
  • Verifying File Systems
  • Prerequisites
  • Check a User File System
  • Check a File System
  • Mounting or Unmounting a File System
  • Prerequisites
  • Mounting or Unmounting a Group of File Systems
  • Making an Online Backup of a Mounted File System
  • Prerequisites
  • Split Off a Mirrored Copy of the File System
  • Reintegrate a Mirrored Copy of the File System
  • Using File Systems on Read/Write Optical Media
  • CD-ROM File Systems
  • Journaled File Systems
  • Fixing Disk Overflows
  • Prerequisites
  • Identifying Problem Processes
  • Terminating the Process
  • Reclaiming File Space without Terminating the Process
  • Fixing a /usr Overflow
  • Fixing a User File System Overflow
  • Fixing a Damaged File System
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Recovering from File System, Disk Drive, or Controller Failure
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Reformatting a Disk Drive
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Getting More Space on a Disk Drive
  • Prerequisites
  • Clean Up File Systems Automatically
  • Restrict Users from Certain Directories
  • Mount Space from Another Disk Drive

    • Chapter 7. Paging Space and Virtual Memory

  • Adding and Activating a Paging Space
  • Changing or Removing a Paging Space
  • Resizing or Moving the hd6 Paging Space
  • Prerequisites
  • Making the hd6 Paging Space Smaller
  • Moving the hd6 Paging Space within the Same Volume Group

    • Chapter 8. Backup and Restore

  • Compressing Files
  • Procedure
  • Backing Up User Files or File Systems
  • Prerequisites
  • Backing Up the System Image and User-Defined Volume Groups
  • Backing Up Your System
  • Prerequisites
  • Implementing Scheduled Backups
  • Prerequisites
  • Back Up File Systems Using the cron Command
  • Restoring from Backup Image Individual User Files
  • Prerequisites

    • Chapter 9. System Environment

  • Changing the System Date and Time
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Correcting an Inaccurate System Clock
  • Testing the System Battery
  • Resetting the System Clock
  • Using the date Command
  • Flags
  • Using the setclock Command
  • Parameter
  • Changing the Message of the Day
  • Enabling Dynamic Processor Deallocation
  • SMIT Fastpath Procedure
  • Commands Procedure

    • Chapter 10. National Language Support

  • Changing Your Locale
  • Changing the NLS Environment
  • Changing the Default Language Environment
  • Changing the NLS Environment with the localedef Command
  • Creating a New Collation Order
  • Procedure
  • Using the iconv Command
  • Using the Message Facility
  • Setting National Language Support for Devices
  • Terminals (tty Devices)
  • Printers
  • Low-Function Terminals
  • Key Maps
  • Fonts
  • Changing the Language Environment
  • Changing the Default Keyboard Map
  • National Language Support Commands and Files
  • Converter Command
  • Input Method Command
  • Locale Commands and Files
  • Locale Commands
  • Locale Source Files
  • Message Facility Commands

    • Chapter 11. Process Management

  • Process Monitoring
  • Altering Process-Priority
  • Terminating a Process
  • Binding or Unbinding a Process
  • Prerequisites
  • Fixing Stalled or Unwanted Processes
  • Free a Terminal Taken Over by Processes
  • Respond to Screen Messages
  • RT_MPC and RT_GRQ

    • Chapter 12. Workload Manager

  • Starting WLM
  • Monitoring and Regulating Resource Allocation
  • Specifying WLM Properties
  • Defining Classes
  • Command Line Interfaces
  • Getting Started With Workload Manager
  • Step 1: Create the Configuration
  • Step 2: Create Your Superclasses
  • Step 3: Create Superclass Assignment Rules
  • Step 4: Start Workload Manager
  • Step 5: Create and Manage Subclasses
  • Step 6: Create Subclass Assignment Rules
  • Step 7: Update WLM
  • Resource Sets Management
  • Rset Registry
  • Creating a Resource Set

    • Chapter 13. System Resource Controller and Subsystems

  • Starting the System Resource Controller
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Starting or Stopping a Subsystem, Subsystem Group, or Subserver
  • Prerequisites
  • Displaying the Status of a Subsystem or Subsystems
  • Refreshing a Subsystem or Subsystem Group
  • Prerequisites
  • Turning On or Off Subsystem, Subsystem Group, or Subserver Tracing
  • Prerequisites

    • Chapter 14. System Accounting

  • Setting Up an Accounting System
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Generating System Accounting Reports
  • Daily Accounting Reports
  • Daily Report
  • Daily Usage Report
  • Daily Command Summary
  • Monthly Total Command Summary
  • Last Login
  • Fiscal Accounting Reports
  • Generating Reports on System Activity
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Summarizing Accounting Records
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Starting the runacct Command
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Restarting the runacct Command
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Showing System Activity
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Showing System Activity While Running a Command
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Showing Process Time
  • Prerequisites
  • Display the Process Time of Active Processes
  • Display the Process Time of Finished Processes
  • Showing CPU Usage
  • Prerequisites
  • Show CPU Usage for Each Process
  • Show CPU Usage for Each User
  • Showing Connect Time Usage
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Showing Disk Space Utilization
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Showing Printer Usage
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Fixing tacct Errors
  • Prerequisites
  • Patch a tacct File
  • Fixing wtmp Errors
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Fixing General Accounting Problems
  • Prerequisites
  • Fixing Incorrect File Permissions
  • Fixing Errors
  • Fixing Errors Encountered When Running the runacct Command
  • Updating an Out-of-Date Holidays File
  • Displaying Locking Activity
  • Procedure

    • Chapter 15. The Common Desktop Environment

  • Starting and Stopping the Common Desktop Environment
  • Enabling and Disabling Desktop Autostart
  • Prerequisite
  • Starting Common Desktop Environment Manually
  • Start the Desktop Login Manager Manually
  • Stopping Common Desktop Environment Manually
  • Stop the Login Manager Manually
  • Modifying Desktop Profiles
  • Adding and Removing Displays and Terminals for Common Desktop Environment
  • Using a Workstation as an Xterminal
  • Removing a Local Display
  • Adding an ASCII or Character-Display Terminal
  • Adding an ASCII or Character-Display Console if No Bitmap Display Is Present
  • Adding a Character-Display Console if a Bitmap Display Exists
  • Customizing Display Devices for Common Desktop Environment
  • Starting the Server on Each Display Device
  • Syntax
  • Default configuration
  • Specifying a Different Display as ITE
  • Examples
  • Specifying the Display Name in Xconfig
  • Example
  • Using Different Login Manager Resources for Each Display
  • Example
  • Running Different Scripts for Each Display
  • Example
  • Setting Different Systemwide Environment Variables for Each Display
  • Example

    • Chapter 16. Documentation Library Service

  • Changing the Configuration of the Documentation Library Service
  • Viewing the Current Configuration
  • Using Web-based System Manager
  • Using SMIT
  • Changing the Default Remote Documentation Library Service of a Client Computer
  • Using Web-based System Manager
  • Using SMIT
  • Selecting the Documentation Search Server for a Single User
  • Changing the Personal Default Documentation Server
  • Manually Going to a Documentation Server
  • Converting a Client System to a Documentation Server System
  • Disabling or Uninstalling the Documentation Library Service
  • Temporarily Disabling a Server
  • Permanently Uninstalling a Server
  • Converting a Standalone Documentation Server into a Public Documentation Remote Server
  • Changing the Default Browser
  • Using Web-based System Manager
  • Using SMIT
  • Changing the Web Server Software on A Documentation Server
  • Using Web-based System Manager
  • Using SMIT
  • Changing the Documentation Language
  • Changing the Default Documentation Language for All Users
  • Using Web-based System Manager:
  • Using SMIT:
  • To Change Documentation Language for a Single User
  • To Remove a Documentation Language Setting
  • Documents and Indexes
  • Registering Documents for Online Searching
  • Deleting or Uninstalling Documents
  • Updating Documents
  • Moving Documents
  • Security
  • Advanced Topics
  • Search Service Administrators Authority
  • Creating Custom Library Applications
  • Problem Determination
  • Problems That Don't Generate Error Messages
  • Error Message Listings

    • Chapter 17. Power Management

  • Prerequisites
  • Procedures

    • Chapter 18. Devices

  • Preparing to Install a Device
  • Procedure
  • Installing a SCSI Device
  • Prerequisites
  • Task 1 - Determine the Number and Location of the SCSI Controllers
  • Inspecting the System Unit
  • Using a Software Configuration Command
  • Initial Setup
  • Task 2 - Select a SCSI Controller and a SCSI Address on the Controller
  • Using a Software Configuration Command
  • Initial Setup
  • Task 3 - Setting Up the Hardware
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Task 4 - Add the Device to the Customized Configuration Database
  • Task 5 - Verify the System (Optional)
  • Prerequisite
  • Procedure
  • Task 6 - Update the Product Topology Diskettes (Optional)
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Task 7 - Customize the Attributes for the Device (Optional)
  • Installing an IDE Device
  • Prerequisites
  • Task 1 - Determine the Number and Location of the IDE Controllers
  • Using a Software Configuration Command
  • Initial Setup
  • Task 2 - Select an IDE Controller and an IDE Address on the Controller
  • Using a Software Configuration Command
  • Initial Setup
  • Task 3 - Setting Up the Hardware
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
  • Task 4 - Add the Device to the Customized Configuration Database
  • Task 5 - Customize the Attributes for the Device (Optional)
  • Configuring a Read/Write Optical Drive
  • Prerequisite
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Managing Hot Plug Connectors
  • Displaying PCI Hot-Plug Slot Information
  • SMIT Fastpath Procedure
  • Commands Procedure
  • Unconfiguring Communications Adapters
  • Unconfiguring Ethernet, Token-ring, FDDI, and ATM Adapters
  • Unconfiguring WAN Adapters
  • Unconfiguring Other Adapters
  • IBM 4-Port 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Adapters
  • ATM Adapters
  • Resolving Adapter-Removal Problems
  • Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Applications
  • Streams Applications
  • Applications Running on WAN Adapters
  • TCP/IP Applications
  • Unconfiguring Storage Adapters
  • Unconfiguring SCSI, SSA, and Fibre Channel Adapters
  • Unconfiguring Async Adapters
  • Unconfiguring Async Adapters
  • Removing or Replacing a PCI Hot Plug Adapter
  • Prerequisites
  • SMIT Fastpath Procedure
  • Commands Procedure
  • Adding a PCI Hot Plug Adapter
  • SMIT Fastpath Procedure
  • Commands Procedure
  • Working with Device Problems
  • Check the Device Software
  • Checking the Error Log
  • Listing All Devices
  • Checking the State of a Device
  • Checking the Attributes of a Device
  • Changing the Attributes of a Device
  • Using a Device with Another Application
  • Defining a New Device
  • Check the Device Hardware
  • Checking the Device Connections
  • Checking the Ready State of a Device
  • Running Diagnostics on a Device

    • Chapter 19. Tape Drives

  • Tape Drive Attributes
  • General Information about Each Attribute
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Retension
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Reserve Support
  • Variable Length Block Size
  • Data Compression
  • Autoloader
  • Retry Delay
  • Read/Write Timeout
  • Return Error on Tape Change
  • Attributes for 2.0 GB 4 mm Tape Drives (Type 4mm2gb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 4.0 GB 4 mm Tape Drives (Type 4mm4gb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Data Compression
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 2.3 GB 8 mm Tape Drives (Type 8mm)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 5.0 GB 8 mm Tape Drives (Type 8mm5gb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Data Compression
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 20000 MB 8mm Tape Drives (Self-Configuring)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Data Compression
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 35 GB Tape Drives (Type 35gb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Data Compression
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 150 MB 1/4-Inch Tape Drives (Type 150mb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Retension
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 525 MB 1/4-Inch Tape Drives (Type 525mb)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Retension
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 1200 MB 1/4-Inch Tape Drives (Type 1200mb-c)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Retension
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 12000 MB 4 mm Tape Drives (Self-Configuring)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Data Compression
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 13000 MB 1/4-Inch Tape Drives (Self-Configuring)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Retension
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 1/2-Inch 9-Track Tape Drives (Type 9trk)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Attributes for 3490e 1/2-Inch Cartridge (Type 3490e)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Compression
  • Autoloader
  • Attributes for Other SCSI Tapes (Type ost)
  • Block Size
  • Device Buffers
  • Extended File Marks
  • Density Setting #1 and Density Setting #2
  • Reserve Support
  • Variable Length Block Size
  • Retry Delay
  • Read/Write Timeout
  • Attributes with Fixed Values
  • Special Files for Tape Drives

    • Appendix A. Notices

    Index

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